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Analysis: Has the "CIO" reached the end of the line?
Comment But there are also questions about the fundamental need for a CIO or IT director to act as this bridge between "the business" and "the IT department" with some arguing it needs a COO-type role to end this continuing introspection and isolation of... [06 Oct 2004]
Meta Group Quarterly: What CIOs need to succeed
Comment Whilst many CIOs and CTOs may be perceived as lacking the executive leadership necessary to assume more senior positions (for example, COO and CEO), the solution can be found in identifying and aligning with a senior mentor. [02 Aug 2004]
Offshoring dos and don'ts
Comment Bundeep Singh Rangar, COO at venture capital firm Ariadne Capital, offers some words to get wise. Bundeep Singh Rangar is COO of Ariadne Capital. The SWOT analysis of my first major project involving offshore software development in early 2000 can... [07 Jul 2004]
Inside offshoring: Location, location, location
Comment Simha HNLN, COO at Mumbai-based telecoms sector outsourcing firm Mahindra BT, said: "China is not more than 'embryonic stage' in this industry. India is the name most commonly associated with offshore outsourcing and, as such, was the focus of... [23 Jun 2004]
India diary: Day three - Meetings in Mumbai
Comment But the COO says the firm is looking to open up a base, possibly in Bangalore, where there is more space and land and staff are cheaper. silicon.com reporter Andy McCue was on assignment in India from 14 to 23 April investigating offshoring efforts... [28 May 2004]
The McCue Interview: Steve Adams, COO, Barclaycard International
Comment Steve Adams is leading the trend of IT directors who are moving on up to take on COO roles - not bad for someone who admits he got "sucked kicking and screaming" into IT in the first place… IT and business executives aren't usually noted for their... [16 Apr 2004]
3GSM Diary: Silly new ideas, BREWing Java, and Woosh - Kiwis connect
Comment Interestingly Intel's president, COO and basically CEO-in-waiting Paul Otellini ran a video as part of his morning presentation focusing on users who have benefitted from WiMAX technology used as part of a service from Airspan in rural parts of... [26 Feb 2004]
Tony Hallett's After These Messages: "I'm a celebrity CIO"
Comment What's also clear, from silicon.com columnists such as Rene Carayol and David Taylor, who were both once IT directors, to Barclaycard's Adams, who has this year been elevated to COO of Barclaycard International, is that for CIOs and other IT... [06 Feb 2004]
Vendor CIOs and dog food consumption
Comment BT today put its IT director - Chris Price, BT Exact COO - in front of the media and analysts, and the recent past is littered with similar examples, most notably by Dell and Intel. BT's unveiling of a division focused on convergence today was... [12 Jun 2003]
Skills Survey 2003: Where are all the leaders?
Comment So why, asks e-skills UK COO Terry Watts, is UK Plc still not getting the message? Project management, leadership, long working hours - these are the most important aspects of this year's survey. In the UK we are nearly as quick to criticise... [02 Apr 2003]
The Bloor Perspective: The CSO, Dell and Cisco at home
Comment Most importantly, if the CSO role is to be seen as bringing real benefits to the business, its reporting line must be outside the IT division: to the chief operating officer (COO) or, if the role exists, the chief information officer (CIO). [31 Mar 2003]
Inside Dell: A vendor dossier
Comment COO Kevin Rollins has famously said - boasted, even - that the company can hold its breath underwater longer than anyone else. Earlier he characterises his relationship with right-hand man, president and COO Rollins, as one where "we make better... [30 Jan 2003]
Inside Dell: FactFile
Comment Kevin Rollins, president and COO Key financials: Revenues: $18.24bn, $25.27bn, $31.89bn, $31.17bn Net profit: $1.46bn, $1.86bn, $2.31bn, $1.78bn The executives: Michael Dell, chairman and CEO James T Vanderslice, vice chairman [30 Jan 2003]
Farewell Steve Case
Comment With COO Bob Pittman - a former MTV wunderkind and Case's right-hand man - exiting stage left last year and the Time Warner old guard increasingly heading all kinds of AOL TW units, the odds on Case seeing through the downturn were short.on him... [13 Jan 2003]
Case ousted, case closed
Comment Executives who ran AOL Time Warner early on, such as former CEO Gerald Levin, former COO Robert Pittman and former CFO J Michael Kelly, have either left or have been demoted. By Evan Hansen Having defied naysayers for the better part of two decades... [13 Jan 2003]
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